His Royal Highness William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, &c. and William Henry, Duke of Glocester, &c.
Description:
Title etched below image., After a painting by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. For a larger plate after the same painting, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 496., Date of publication based on that of the larger plate after the same painting, which was published by Robert Sayer in 1771. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.885., Cf. Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 1, no. 16, page 249., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Mounted on page 51 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805,
"Whole length portrait in profile to the left of one of the royal dukes, most likely Henry William, Duke of Gloucester, in a bag wig and with a sword. He wears a coat with fur collar and the star of the Garter with the Garter ribbon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Attributed to Edward Topham in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. by Mrs. D Archery St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805,
Maria Walpole as the Duchess of Gloucester and William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Description:
Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh., Two ivories back to back in a hinged locket case; neither is signed by the artist., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Subject (Name):
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805,
